RECOLLECTIONS
50 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic Vol. 2 No. 47 Thursday, Nov. 23, 1967
Law enforcement officials were apparently making progress early this week in the investigation into the burglarizing of the Bank of Pea Ridge Nov. 13 in which more that $30,000 was taken from the safe and vault. The investigation is a cooperative one between the FBI, the sheriff’s office and Arkansas State police. FBI agents remained in Pea Ridge several days last week, making a house to house canvas of the community in an effort to hear any tips that might indicate some connection with the crime. The bank installed a new safe Friday to replace the one destroyed in the burglary.
40 Years Ago Pea Ridge Graphic-Scene Vol. 12 No. 47 Wednesday, Nov. 23, 1977
Pea Ridge veterinarian Gary France and his wife, Donna, had a special job to perform recently; as they were called upon to remove the claws from a full-grown female cougar. The cougar was being sold from Holiday Island Animal Park near Eureka Springs to Wild Animal Safari near Gentry, where the management did not want the animal to have claws. France also de-clawed two seven-month-old wolves for the Gentry facility.
30 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 22 No. 47 Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1987
The TIMES of Northeast Benton County, Inc. has been sold to Freeman Newspapers, Inc., effective today, publisher MaryLouise Beisner said this morning. “Deciding to sell The TIMES has not been easy,” she said. “Our nine years of publishing it have been good ones, and we are grateful to all of our readers and advertisers. But we are confident that Mike and Barbara Freeman will love the paper and the people of our area as we have done. The TIMES is passing into good hands.” The owners of Freeman Newspapers, Inc., a new corporation based in Pea Ridge, are members of a family long experienced in the newspaper business. Mike Freeman, who will assume the titles of editor and publisher of the TIMES, and his wife Barbara, will operate the newspaper. Mrs. Freeman will be advertising manager. “We are committed to continuing the high professional standards maintained by Mrs. Beisner, her son Cal, and her late husband Jack,” he said. “High quality is something not often found these days and it is one reason we have chose The TIMES as the focus of our professional energies and Pea Ridge as our home for many years to come, God willing.”
20 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 32 No. 47 Thursday, Nov. 20, 1997
Two teachers at Pea Ridge High School were recently awarded educational grants from the Wal-Mart Foundation. David Wetness, science instructor, was awarded $1,100 to purchase a specter photometer and other science materials to aid in his classroom. Donna Aston, media specialist, was awarded a $750 grant to purchase enrichment equipment for the creativity lab in the high school media center. A color scanner and a digital camera were purchased.
10 Years Ago The TIMES of Northeast Benton County Vol. 42 No. 47 Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007
Condemnation proceedings were to have begun at last night’s regular City Council meeting on properties along Weston Street that have not been granted as easements to the city. Councilmen were presented with the list of properties at last month’s meeting and agreed to pay the assessed values for easements, but the mayor told them there were still property owners who would not agree to sell.
Christmas wreaths decorated by members of the Pea Ridge Women’s Business Association were put up on light poles along Curtis Avenue late last week by members of the city Street Department for the holiday season.